Stupid Girl

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Stupid Girl

Stupid Girl

by: Cindy Miles
My Rating: five-stars



Published by: TKA Distribution on May 13th 2014
Genres: New Adult, College Life, Contemporary, Romance

Pages: 332
Series: Stupid in Love #1



Synopsis


Only fools fall in love...

After her senior year of high school leaves behind nothing but heartache, Olivia Beaumont is sure of this: She’s no stupid girl. She sets out for Winston University, promising herself that she will remain focused on her first and only love – astronomy. But all it takes is cocky sophomore Brax Jenkins and an accidental collision with a football, to throw her entire year off course.
A quick-tempered Southie who escaped the inner city streets of Boston to pitch for Winston, Brax is known to play way more fields than just the baseball diamond. So, when his name is drawn to take part in his fraternity’s hazing dare, Brax eagerly accepts the mission to take Olivia’s virginity. But he doesn’t plan on falling hard for the sweet and sassy Texas girl who sees right through his bad-boy persona.
As Olivia and Brax battle their feelings for each other, echoes of the past year begin to surface. A boy who once turned Olivia’s whole world upside down reappears, and “harmless” pranks wreak havoc. Pretty soon the aspiring astronomer is on the verge of revealing her most difficult, heartbreaking secret. All the while, Brax must wrestle with the irrevocable dare, and Olivia struggles against all logic as she does the one thing only a stupid girl would do: fall in love.






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“Stupid Girl” was no stupid book. It started out gritty and raw, and while the situations changed, the book remained that way throughout. The author took two very different characters, who lived very different lives as children, lived very different lives as young adults and college students and pushed them together. They were filled with emotional baggage. Scars, both physical and emotional, marred their skin, leaving an ever present reminder of the ugliness in their lives they both tried so hard to forget.

The pages of “Stupid Girl” overflow with distrust, hate, cockiness, disdain, haughtiness, envy, embarrassment, forgiveness, repentance, acceptance, trust, and true, self-sacrificing love. And somehow, all this jumble of emotion, this tangled web of ups and downs that seem too much to contain in one book—works. And works damn well.

 

The characters in the book were written well. There was definite growth in both Olivia and Brax. I loved watching the changes they both went through, how the author developed their character growth-the situations they were put in, how they handled the stress, the jealousy, the blinding rage of past mistakes. Hurts. The characters were awesomely written.

 

The plot was well thought out. From start to finish the book flowed. It was obvious the author had a clear plan of where she wanted to take the characters and what story she wanted them to tell the reader. The pacing was great. I wasn’t figuring my budget in my head—I was fully immersed in the story.

 

The end wrapped up nicely. There was (thankfully) no cliffhanger, but, also, there was no frou-frou ending either. The characters, especially Gracie/Olivia took her time to make a decision. She didn’t jump right back into a potentially toxic relationship because the big “issue” wasn’t all Brax’s fault and he apologized for what was. I thought this showed a more realistic picture of what a person would feel/do and made the characters in “Stupid Girl” relatable.

 

Bottom line: Just three words…I. LOVED. IT.

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About Cindy Miles

Cindy Miles is the best-selling author of twelve novels, one anthology and three short stories. She also writes as Elle Jasper, and grew up on the salt marshes of the Vernon River in Savannah, Georgia.

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